Oh okay well he I think brought lawsuits out or fought in court regarding Prozac. He's said to be the conscience of psychiatry. ...which certainly seemed laudable. But he's not behaving well right now, in my opinion. Here's a typical snippet about him: "Commenting on the study, Dr Peter Breggin – known as “the Conscience of Psychiatry” f…
Oh okay well he I think brought lawsuits out or fought in court regarding Prozac. He's said to be the conscience of psychiatry. ...which certainly seemed laudable. But he's not behaving well right now, in my opinion. Here's a typical snippet about him: "Commenting on the study, Dr Peter Breggin – known as “the Conscience of Psychiatry” for the last five decades – said, “There are no known biochemical imbalances in the brains of mental patients until they are put there by the neurotoxic effects of psychiatric drugs.”
‘At its heart, psychiatry is about damaging the brain’ – Dr Peter
and there's this description also: Peter R. Breggin, M.D. Chief Expert For All 150 Prozac Lawsuits Against Eli Lilly
Seems like a great guy, has good rep, so but his statements about Malone and Desmet again are so distorted, it's unbelievable. So, there it is. Not sure what to make of it.
And that's the tack to take: Everyone has opinions. We quietly take what we can and weigh them against our own observations and intuition. To weaponize such an attack seems inexplicable. The fact (up through today) that they won't debate their critique with Desmet or Malone is suspicious. Unresponsiveness is how the clerics and mullahs behave. So unseemly for "our side".
Oh okay well he I think brought lawsuits out or fought in court regarding Prozac. He's said to be the conscience of psychiatry. ...which certainly seemed laudable. But he's not behaving well right now, in my opinion. Here's a typical snippet about him: "Commenting on the study, Dr Peter Breggin – known as “the Conscience of Psychiatry” for the last five decades – said, “There are no known biochemical imbalances in the brains of mental patients until they are put there by the neurotoxic effects of psychiatric drugs.”
‘At its heart, psychiatry is about damaging the brain’ – Dr Peter
and there's this description also: Peter R. Breggin, M.D. Chief Expert For All 150 Prozac Lawsuits Against Eli Lilly
And then a book called The Conscience of Psychiatry: reform work by Peter Breggin has description of his work also: https://www.amazon.com/Conscience-Psychiatry-Reform-Peter-Breggin/dp/098245600X
Seems like a great guy, has good rep, so but his statements about Malone and Desmet again are so distorted, it's unbelievable. So, there it is. Not sure what to make of it.
And that's the tack to take: Everyone has opinions. We quietly take what we can and weigh them against our own observations and intuition. To weaponize such an attack seems inexplicable. The fact (up through today) that they won't debate their critique with Desmet or Malone is suspicious. Unresponsiveness is how the clerics and mullahs behave. So unseemly for "our side".
I COMPLETELY agree. He's talking out the side of his neck AND won't have civil discourse, so he's lost merit and credibility.